Six of a family injured in gas pipeline explosion in Keraniganj

Six members of a family sustained critical burn injuries in an explosion in the gas pipeline of their house in the Jinjira area of Keraniganj early Tuesday, reports UNB.

The injured are Begum, 60, Iduni Begum, 50, Sonia Akter, 26, Md Sahadat Hossain, 20, Maria Akter, 8, and Md Yasin, 12.

The explosion occurred at around 4.30am in the family house in Jinjira's Mandail, said Mamun Ur Rashid, officer-in-charge of Keraniganj Model police station.

The injured were rescued and rushed to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery under Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), he said.

“The condition of the injured in is critical,” said Bacchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH police outpost.